Wednesday, September 1, 2010

One Year Blog Anniversary Giveaway!!

Hi Bloggerettes! Welcome to my One Year Blogging Anniversary!!My goodness how time flies when you're having fun. It just seems like yesterday that I wrote my first post and waited and waited and waited for someone to comment. And when you did, I was hooked!

This little chair redo was my probably the first post to receive comments. I remember reading them over and over again and feeling pretty darn proud. It's hard to explain the feeling that you get. You are on a natural high that is understood only by bloggers.

I could spend hours telling you how much you all mean to me but I think you already know that. So.......

Rather than getting all mushy and gushy and crying all over my keyboard, I'll show you my giveaway!

I posted about this birdcage find before. This one is a smaller version of the first one I bought. It will look great with all your fall decor.

So, as to not wear you out with a big speech, I just want to say a big thank you and say that I adore each and everyone of you.

My life has been enriched because of you.

I'm happy because of you.

I write and create because of you.

To get in on my giveaway just leave me a comment and

if you want to tell someone else about it then come back and entry for a second time.

Hello Sissie, Congratulations, wow you have a lot of followers, I love your Kitty, how beautiful. I adore bird cages and would love to win that. I always enjoy coming to your beautiful blog to see what you are up to. Thanks for sharing your life with us. Happy Anniversary. Hugs, Terri

CONGRATS ON YOUR ONE YEAR BLOG ANNIVERSARY!!! WOOOHOOOO :) LOVE YOUR GIVEAWAY....HUMMMM WHOM SHALL I SHARE THIS GREAT GIVEAWAY!!! GIGGLES!!! BE BACK SOON JUST LET ME GO AND TELL ANOTHER SWEET BLOGGER ABOUT YOUR WONDERFUL GIVEAWAY!!!

Hi Sissie!Congratulations on one year of blogging! You may feel you're on the receiving end, but you inspire us with all of your creations. It's a joy to read your blog. I'm so excited about the giveaway!!!! I've been coveting your birdcage since you blogged about it!!

Dear Sissie, I cannot tell you how much I've enjoyed getting to know you this last year. I've loved all your creativity, and laughed until I fell out of my chair when you and your sis had the chocolate extravaganza!! Thank YOU, for always being a joy to visit!many hugs and much love,Debra

Congratulations on your 1 year of blogging. I always enjoy visiting, not only to view your wonderful creations but also for your upbeat attitude. I'm always happy to read another Sissie post!!I would love to be entered into your giveaway. Thanks!Jane

Congrats Sissie...you have come a long way in a short time. The bird cage is gorgeous and would look great in my living room...or maybe my kitchen heck even my bathroom! I would probably put it in my bedroom...heck it would just look great anywhere!

Hi Sissie, Congratulations on your one year anniversary! I adore your blog and anxously await each update. I am surprised you have only been doing your blog for one year--it is soooooooooo good--I thought you must have been working your magic for many years--Good job! I would love to win the beautiful birdcage. Thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas, pictures and messages with us.Jeanette

Hi Sissie: That is the cutest bird-cage. Sierra wants to know if she would fit in it. :)Happy Anniversary to you & huge hugs to both kitties. Oh, I wish I could kitty-sit them. I have enjoyed your blog so much since I started in February. You were one of my first blogs to follow. Hugs, Deb

It seems like more than a year, Sissie...maybe because we get to know one another so well, it feels longer! But congratulations!! That little birdcage would look adorable on my mantel all dressed up for fall!! ;-D

Wow, Sissie! I want to say "has it been a year already?" but then I also want to say "has it been only a year?". I feel like you've been on my blogroll for longer than that, but I have enjoyed each and every one of your posts. You have made me laugh out loud {like the one of you and your sister in the car and Home Depot}, tear up, let out a squeal {as I did when I saw you were giving the birdcage away} and just plain smiled over your posts. May you have many more years of blogging ahead of you and ten times the number of followers! : )

Happy Anniversary!!!!! You know I adore your blog, it is always one of the ones that I look for. Your birdcage giveaway is fabulous. Oh I want to win it. lol I can't wait for the next year. Love ya. Hugs, Marty

Happy Anniversary Sissie Sweetie...I am so thrilled to have met you, and you have so enriched my life. I love coming over to see your great sews and your wonderful finds. Every day is a GREAT experience. You always make my heart "HAPPY".

I want to win. I want to win. Please enter me. I can hardly wait to see what this next year brings my way from you. You are an absolute JOY to know. I am so honored you call me friend.

Aww Sissie...Happy Anniversary! I appreciate bloggers like you who have taken the time to give me a sweet note commenting on one of my posts. I am how ever not entering myself in your give away as kind as it is..I am just saying thanks for being so sweet.

Hi Sissie !Wow a year already! Congratulations! I love coming by to visit and see what you have been up to and your latest beautiful creation, (your pillows are so lovely) or sweet treasure you have found. Your blog is a breath of sunshine :) and it always makes me happy to stop by.Hugs,Toni

Hi Sissie,Happy one year! Doesn't time fly on by?! That little birdcage would be darling with tiny pumpkins in it and a couple handmade ghosts (not the scary type, the friendly type... like Casper! ;)Have a great night & nice long weekend!xo~Tracie

Sissie, Congrats on your one year anniversary...you and I both started this blogging life at the same time and I can say that I have really enjoyed getting to know you thru blogging:) Please count me in on this special giveaway!

Hi Sissie:And look now...I'm comment 42 and I know there will be a lot more! We all love you, girlfriend! Congratulations on your anniversary! Wishing you many, many more. Thanks for entering me in your generous giveaway, my friend.xoxoDonna

Sissie....How sweet of you! I love the "crusty rusty birdcage"! I just want to let you know that I always look forward to each of your posts. Some of the blogs I follow I will skip by and not open, but I always open yours because I know I will not be disappointed!~Hugs, Patti

Congratulations on your Anniversary Sissie!!! You have such a wonderful blog and you make everyone smile with the things you share with us. You have an awful lot of people who love you and think the world of you.

Happy Anniversary! What a wonderful event. I'm new to blogging and thought I wouldn't enjoy it much. HA! I totally understand what you mean by the pride you felt reading your first comments. I raise my shabby chic (but always crystal) glass to toast you and your milestone! OH, and be sure to put me in the running for that shabbilicious bird cage...your newest follower.Licks & Wags, Niki

Congratulations! I would die for that cage! What a wonderful giveaway. I really enjoy your blog and look forward to every post. It is a high only bloggers can understand. the rest of the people in my life, just don't get the stuff I do, shabby creations, website, antiques booth, blogging. The only people that get it is my web friends.

I am tickled pink to you sweet friend! That birdcage is awesome! I am so thrilled each time someone new joins me! I am grateful to each sweet friend I have here. Blessings to you and Happy Blogaversary! Anne

Oh I am thrilled for you...Happy Anniversary! that is quite an accomplishment! I adore you and your blog...your sweet and sassy personality shines right through with all of your posts....from your gorgeous creations to your wonderful thrifty finds...you are rockin!

keep up the great work...and yes, of course without a doubt please enter me in your giveaway! that is one stunning piece of rusted metal sculpture!

Happy Happy Anniversary Sissie! I remember very well the feeling when I got my first "non family" comment! The birdcage is beautiful. Someone is going to be very lucky indeed. Hopefully it will be me! Congrats again. I am off to catch up on your posts I missed this week.

Happy One Year Anniversary! I am so glad we found each other recently. I LOVE the old birdcage. I am partial to birds, because I have a real canary named Sunny!!! Thanks for hosting an amazing giveaway. Love & blessings from NC!

Congratulations, Sissie on 1 year! I love your blog. Your posts are always so inspirational, heartfelt and beautiful. Your passion for decorating shows. And, I have enjoyed finding out what Gizzy and Gabby are up to. What a generous and fun giveaway!

Awww Sissie, I don't know what it would be like not having you around in blogland..... you are such a treat! Congratulations on your one year anniversary... Wow, it doesn't seem that long ago. Please girl include me in on this very special giveaway.... I'm nuts over cages and this one is so perfect!

Hi Sissie! I haven't been very dedicated to blogging/posting lately, but I couldn't let your blogiversary go by without saying Congratulations and Best Wishes Always To You!! Please do count me in for your giveaway, as I think it would go awfully cute with the crow I won from Banner Haus News LAST Fall!.. Looking forward to visiting often as you begin your second year! ~tina

Hi SissieCongrats on your blog anniversary - how cool is that.I love to visit over here, and I so love your birdcage too. I would love to be entered in your drawing.Wishing you a wonderful weekendxo Tina

Happy one year blogiversary!! How wonderful! It's always such a pleasure to visit your lovely blog and see what fabulous inspiration you have for us next. It's so nice of you to do such a fabulous giveaway! I'll post about it on my sidebar to help you spread the word.Happy day!Hugs ~ Jo :)

Hi Sissie, I think I see my name written all over the little crusty rusty birdy cage and I can just visualize it painted white with birds and flowers inside. Love your bloggy and it just does not seem like a whole year! Hugs my friend, Mollye

It's hard to believe you've only been doing this for a year...your blog is so beautiful, so well-thought-out, so professional! Of course, everything you do is done with class and style. Congrats on your anniversary. I would be in hog heaven if I won the birdcage. I've got 2 others that I love and this one would be so special because it came from you. Thanks for the opportunity to win.

You mean when I first started to follow you, you were just a newbie blogger like me! (I started in October). I thought you were the cool upperclassman in this blogging school. Your posts were and have been so much fun, and full of my kind of wit. Honestly I still laugh at the great girdle escapade. Well it's okay. After October, I won't be the freshman any more. Does this mean I get to sit with you and all the other cool bloggers in the cafeteria? Happy Anniversary. I want the birdcage.

Hi Sissie, thank you so much for visiting me today and becoming a follower! Truth be told I was reading your blog yesterday and was reading the post about your son. I was going to leave a comment and probably stared at the comment box for a couple of minutes with my eyes all welled up. I have a 20 yr old son and could not image what you have been through. I just could not find the right words to say. I do believe also that you were visited by an angel that day. How wonderful is that and I cannot tell you how happy I am to hear your son is doing fine! You have a gorgeous blog and am now one of your many followers. That bird cage is just beautiful but please don't enter me as the postage cost to Australia would be outrageous. Congratulations on your first year of blogging! take care, Maryann

Congratulations Sweet Sissie! Your blog is phenomenal, extraordinary and truly remarkable! Shocking that you have been at it only a year, a testament to your great posts! What an awesome birdcage, the winner of this great gift will be thrilled!

Sissy honey so happy that you are celebrating your first anniversary here in our world of blogging. No other place like it is there.I love your awesome birdcage and thank you for giving me the chance to win itLoveMaggie

Congratulations Sissie! The reason you have so many followers is because you are a remarkable women who is kind and loveable and you fill the blogisphere with beauty!! The comments that you leave fill my heart with joy and I am guaranteed to leave your world with a great big smile after reading and viewing your inspirational posts!!Here's to many many more blogaversaries!!Big Hugs xOxO Nerina

Sissy amor, CONGRATS on One Year Blogging Anniversary & over 700 FOLLOWERS!!! Woohoo!! :) What a lovely giveaway you are having to celebrate it :) Please enter me for a chance to win too! I love the new look of your blog! It looks beautiful...maybe it has been this way for awhile, but since I have been gone for so long, it is all brand new & beautiful to me! Hope you have a beautiful holiday weekend! Besos, Rose

Oh oh oh Sissie! - you now have over 700 bloggers! How exciting! And such a beautiful bird cage - it's perfect just as it is! Someone's going to be a very happy winner! (Let it be me! Let it be me!!) Keep those posts coming! And when will we see new additions to the etsy shop? Leslie Anne

Hi, Sissie......Happy Anniversay...I'm rather a new blogger and learning everyday how it works. I look forward to reading your blog EVERY day and see what you are doing...You have inspired me to paint a 4 piece early 1900's bedroom suite and several other smalls lying around the house. In fact, I am redecorating and changed from country to shabby cottage. I would love to win your birdcage. It would look so cute in my sun room with my wicker furniture! Keep on with the great ideas and inspiration! I just love your blog!Hugs,Rebecca

Love reading your blog! I check it daily for "pink" updates. Also love your ideas about painting and have just bought my first can of Heirloom White to try my hand at it. Thanks for your great ideas and your lovely blog.Martha

Hi Sissie! Congratulations on your 1 year. Can you believe how fast it goes by? I would love to be included in your drawing. I also posted your giveaway on my sidebar. Good luck to all the entrants and Happy Anniversary!

Just found your blog today and love it! I'm new to blogland only been here about 3 months but boy have I found some great inspiration!! Your blog is beautiful...love that birdcage!Am now a follower.Please stop over and visit me @http://jnukwildnc.blogspot.comThanksTammy :-)

I too am fairly new to blogland but once I found you I felt right at home. Congrats on ONE Year of blogging. I would never have guessed you've only ben at this for a year. You are GOOOOD! Please enter me in the give away. I would love to have this birdcage.

Sissie, congratulations on your first year anniversary. I recently celebrated my firs anniversary. A year does fly by. I'm happy you are blogging. I so enjoy my visits here to your creative cottage. The bird cage is fabulous. What a creative gift! ~ Sarah

Happy one year birthday...Your bird cage is stunning...I am pleading to the highter powers that be for the win...and crossing my fingers!Can't hurt right? Have a beautiful celebration of all that is good and dear.

Congratulations! Happy Blogging to you....love your precious kitties....I have two of them myself. I've been going back on some older post, since I'm new to your blog and I enjoyed what I was reading, if you dont' mind, I would like to stick around for a while....

Oh, your little grey kitty is making me tear up.I lost my kitty(that could have been a twin to yours)last year. She would have been 21 this September.Anway the cage is so cute.Would love to be in on the giveaway.

Hi Sissie!Congratulations on your one year bloggaversary!!I so enjoy reading your blog and your creative soul and love of life shines thru with each and every post!Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm and I'd love for you to toss my name into the birdcage giveaway hat!I recently found a gigantic chippy 40's green painted vintage birdcage and have to find the perfect place to display it. It's huge!Wishing you . . . and your followers . . . many more years of blogging fun!Hugs and Smiles,Lynn

Hi There!! I'm sooo excited I ran across your blog! I just LOVE it and I'm happy to be a blog follower!! I just love this birdcage *crosses fingers to win* it's just a BEAUTY!! Thank you for the chance! Hugs to you~Terrell @ Frou Frou Decor~

I don't have a blog of my own-but spend many hours looking at all the fabulous sites. I Love yours! Congratulations on your first year and hopefully many more years of your sharing your talents. Thank you for the great rusty,crusty give away, Sandy saasla@verizon.net

Hi! Congrats on your one year anniversary. I stumbled across your blog a while ago and joined. I love the info and posts you have on here. I love birdcages! I stumbled across your anniversary post another person's blog and thought "how cool". Happy blogging!!!

Just became 835 follower! Congrats on your 1 year anniversary. I am new to blogging myself! So inspiring all the places i have found to visit! what a fantastic giveaway....i am in the midst of redoing some fun stuff in my home & this birdcage would be so scrumption for my project....keeping my fingers crossed that i am a lucky follower! xoxo-tracie

Sissie

Welcome to Sissie's Shabby Cottage. I love it when you stop by and love it even more when you leave a comment or just hang around.
Sissie is a family nickname that my brother gave me the day I was born and it has stuck with me ever since. To me it's an endearing name that I've come to love. So, I'm Sissie to the ones I love, which includes all of my very special blogging friends.
I love showing pictures of my home which I have decorated from top to bottom, and is still a work in progress. I love vintage, cottage, shabby, nordic and romantic styles.
I also have shop spaces in the Calabash Trading Company in Calabash, NC and Fancy Flea 2 in Shallotte, NC. This is where I sell my creations, Jeanne d'Arc Clothing and furnishing. You will also find me on Facebook.
I hope you will come back to see me often and, I'd love it too if you would become a follower.
I'm so happy that you are here.
hugs,
Sissie